Experience

Oreyeon

• Portugal
• Airlines and Aviation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief of Staff - Technology

  • Oct 2023 - Present

  Coimbra, Portugal



Ostaz

• Lebanon
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CTO | Head of Analytics

  • Jan 2022 - Aug 2023

  ● Lead the development of the company's technology vision, overseeing the product roadmap, and driving growth and innovation of the web and mobile products. ● Automated the tutor recruitment and sales processes, resulting in an 80% reduction in onboarding time for both customers and tutors. ● Designed, implemented, and maintained Ostaz's data infrastructure, integrating it with marketing tools to optimize performance and user attribution, which led to a 500% increase in marketing… Show more ● Lead the development of the company's technology vision, overseeing the product roadmap, and driving growth and innovation of the web and mobile products. ● Automated the tutor recruitment and sales processes, resulting in an 80% reduction in onboarding time for both customers and tutors. ● Designed, implemented, and maintained Ostaz's data infrastructure, integrating it with marketing tools to optimize performance and user attribution, which led to a 500% increase in marketing efficiency. ● Developed data warehousing solutions using Google Big Query to create real-time data dashboards on Google Looker (Data) Studio, providing insights that drove data-driven decision-making. ● Optimized the Ostaz website for performance and SEO, which led to a 50% increase in organic traffic and improved user engagement. Show less



Seedstars

• Switzerland
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Programs Director

  • Aug 2020 - Dec 2021

  ● Program Director of Tech Champions 2, a Saudi Ministry of Communications of Information Technology initiative to support 500+ entrepreneurs (virtually) through an idea-stage accelerator and Boost with Facebook - Lebanon that aims to train 1,000 SMEs ● Responsibilities include budgeting, partnership management, program design, and team management ● Developed and won several commercial proposals in MENA for GIZ, Facebook, and the Saudi Government valued at over 2M USD



Speed Accelerator

• Lebanon
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CTO and Program Manager

  • Oct 2015 - Jul 2020

  Beirut District, Lebanon ACQUIRED BY SEEDSTARS Speed is a tech accelerator based out of the Beirut Digital District that empowers software startups to succeed and scale globally through a 3-month mentorship-driven program, $30,000 in funding, and a lifelong network of mentors and partners. ✔ Accomplishments: 6 cycles completed in 3.5 years - 42 startups graduated - 10 startups received follow-on funding ● Co-led the company’s vision and strategy related to market & competitive positioning… Show more ACQUIRED BY SEEDSTARS Speed is a tech accelerator based out of the Beirut Digital District that empowers software startups to succeed and scale globally through a 3-month mentorship-driven program, $30,000 in funding, and a lifelong network of mentors and partners. ✔ Accomplishments: 6 cycles completed in 3.5 years - 42 startups graduated - 10 startups received follow-on funding ● Co-led the company’s vision and strategy related to market & competitive positioning, selection & recruitment, fundraising, partnerships, and external bids. ● Selected the 42 startups after screening and interviewing 600 applications based on team, problem/solution fit, market, scalability, competitive advantage, etc. ● Coached the 42 startups on all business and technical aspects including value proposition design, validation, business & revenue model, go-to-market strategy, user experience, and product design ● Structured the decks of the startups and trained the founders to perfect their Demo Day pitches ● Sharing best practices with startups to improve their technical skills and refine their development, QA and deployment processes Show less



Google Developers Group

• Software Development
• 200 - 300 Employee

• UX Training Facilitator

  • Nov 2017 - Oct 2019

  Lebanon Volunteer training facilitator with Google Developer Group (GDG) Lebanon to promote UX in Lebanon and MENA. This is accomplished by providing startups in Lebanon with a FREE 2-day UX Masterclass to promote the UX process. ● 1 of 6 trainers selected and trained by Google on how to facilitate the UX Masterclass ● Conducted the first UX Masterclass by local GDG chapter in Lebanon on February 2018 ● Delivered several 1-hour classes under the title (UX is not only for Designers) to… Show more Volunteer training facilitator with Google Developer Group (GDG) Lebanon to promote UX in Lebanon and MENA. This is accomplished by providing startups in Lebanon with a FREE 2-day UX Masterclass to promote the UX process. ● 1 of 6 trainers selected and trained by Google on how to facilitate the UX Masterclass ● Conducted the first UX Masterclass by local GDG chapter in Lebanon on February 2018 ● Delivered several 1-hour classes under the title (UX is not only for Designers) to promote the UX process and recruit startups to the UX Masterclass Show less



KnowledgeView (UK) Ltd

• Cloud Deployment Manager

  • Nov 2011 - Sep 2015

  Beirut District, Lebanon KnowledgeView Ltd is a UK-based company with headquarters in London and offices in the Middle East. The company develops cross-media publishing, news management and editorial sharing systems. Deployment Manager (February 2014 - September 2015) ● Designed and implemented clustered and scalable deployment architectures that can handle over 30 million page views a month using NodeJS, Elasticsearch and MongoDB ● Deployed and maintained complex systems across different IaaS, PaaS… Show more KnowledgeView Ltd is a UK-based company with headquarters in London and offices in the Middle East. The company develops cross-media publishing, news management and editorial sharing systems. Deployment Manager (February 2014 - September 2015) ● Designed and implemented clustered and scalable deployment architectures that can handle over 30 million page views a month using NodeJS, Elasticsearch and MongoDB ● Deployed and maintained complex systems across different IaaS, PaaS and cloud vendors such as Google Cloud Computing, Microsoft Azure and Rackspace Cloud Mobile Manager (November 2011 - January 2014) Dual role as project and product manager for all development, testing and deployment operations related to KnowledgeView’s iOS and Android products: ● Managed over 20 mobile projects for the iOS and Android platforms ● Merged the iOS and Android back-end deployments thus decreasing the server load by 30% and speeding up the installation by 50% ● Captured customer requirements and presented relevant technical solutions through visits, presentations, meetings and conference calls ● Defined project scope, assigned tasks to the team and tracked progress daily to ensure timely delivery Show less



Clifton Myers Enterprises (CME)

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Quality Assurance Team Leader

  • Sep 2006 - Nov 2011

  Beirut District, Lebanon CME Offshore is a multi-national technology firm with headquarters in USA and offices in Lebanon, Argentina, China and India. CME provides end-to-end engineering solutions to top fortune 500 companies such as Thomson Reuters, Subway, Paypal, etc.. Quality Assurance Team Leader (June 2008 – November 2011) Leading the offshore QA team contracted to Thomson Reuters Elite, a leading global provider of financial and practice management systems to the legal… Show more CME Offshore is a multi-national technology firm with headquarters in USA and offices in Lebanon, Argentina, China and India. CME provides end-to-end engineering solutions to top fortune 500 companies such as Thomson Reuters, Subway, Paypal, etc.. Quality Assurance Team Leader (June 2008 – November 2011) Leading the offshore QA team contracted to Thomson Reuters Elite, a leading global provider of financial and practice management systems to the legal industry. Responsibilities: ● Expanded the team from 4 to 30 members by developing a robust interview and training process ● Led the QA Automation team which eventually dropped regression testing time by 80% using UI automation ● Managed the Created test plans, estimated deliverables, assigned tasks and tracked progress of the manual testing Software Engineer (September 2006 – June 2008) Filled different roles across the software development cycle: ● Programmer for client Tangoe: worked on different feature requests the software solution using Java and the Spring framework. ● Database Administrator for client Quincy: implemented a database failover solutions on SQL Server. ● QA and Support Engineer for client Compressus: Provided onsite and offsite support and customer training, including a 2-week trip to the USA. Also developed automation tests using Java. Show less